September 13: State of the Art - Obesity Title: Treating (Understanding) Complicated Obesity Speaker: Gitanjali Srivastava, MD, FACP, FAAP, ABOM, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Description: Join us to review novel therapeutics and treatment options for pediatric obesity and associated complications.

Title: Achondroplasia a Multidisciplinary Conversation on Comprehensive Care Date: Thursday, September 14 from 6:00 – 7:00pm EST Summary of Session: Achondroplasia (Ach), the most common skeletal dysplasia with disproportionate short stature, is characterized by a number of medical, functional, and psychosocial challenges across the lifespan of an individual. Up until recently, the treatment of the developmental complications…

Speaker: Nadia Merchant, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinologist and Geneticist Description: Rickets can vary from being asymptomatic to irritability, growth retardation, and sudden death. Nutritional-acquired rickets is the most common cause of rickets worldwide that we still see in the US. Let’s learn about preventing nutritional rickets! This presentation will review causes of…

Title: Early Identification and Effective Management of Hypercholesterolemia in Children Date: Thursday, September 28 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm Eastern Session Description: This interactive virtual symposium, sponsored by Regeneron Medical Affairs, with Don P. Wilson, MD, a renowned pediatric lipidologist, will focus on diagnosing lipid disorders (including familial hypercholesterolemia) and managing treatment goals in children. Speaker: Don P.…